In the "Handy Book of Play Party Games" there's a song that I'll put here from memory, as the book is at work and I'm at home:

Sent my brown jug down to town
Sent my brown jug down to town
Sent my brown jug down to town
Early in the morning.
Railroad, steamboat, ?? and canoe,
Lost my true love, oh what shall I do?
Oh she's gone, gone, gone,
Oh she's gone, gone, gone,
Oh she's gone on that raging canoe.

Any ideas what this is about?

Allison